formerly known as

We are Not the Waltons 

Restless Retirement 

Fit Enough for Life

. . . a view into the life of an aging woman who should know it all by now.

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Now in one convenient location.

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Why should you care?

Perhaps, like me, you are stunned that life does not get simpler as we age. Maybe even annoyed. Unless we manage to plant our heads into the proverbial sand, Life demands more attention as we get older than when our bodies could handle almost any challenge. Hold my head as I observe life and maybe you will get an insight or a chuckle or an inducement to nap.  

Warning

A pastor offered a series on the messy middle, the messy middle where Life happens and Christians are meant to serve. Where, like it or not, we live. This is not another site pushing Christian agenda, admonishing you to get out and stand for something, or offering healthy recipe and lifestyle tips. There is no abuse, no trauma, no addiction stories in these pages. No lamentable or laudable history of extreme poverty or wealth. No remarkable experiences. My life is pretty plain, but the plain life, especially the plain life, deserves to be respected for stabilizing the extremes. Would we care who Taylor Swift is dating if we all shared her life style? She may be just as curious to know how we in the ordinary middle ended up with our partners.

Disclosure

I don’t care who TS is dating. I am curious to know how we end up with our partners and why we persist in staying together.

Confession

Humbly, I aspire to write like Bill Bryson*, a fellow-Midwesterner whose ability to relate ordinary life with laugh-out-loud humor is unmatched. Although Vladimir Nabakov was surprisingly witty. Without humor, my ordinary life would seem insignificant, although it is a life that, I acknowledge, many would envy.

For more information

If you are curious or bored, read more on the Backstory Page. See the Who’s Who Page for the cast of characters. Excepting my husband who is committed for the long haul, names have been changed to protect me.

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*I do hope Bill doesn’t take offense as I truly respect his work, just ask my friends and family, but, let’s be honest, if he even acknowledged this page I would be totally embarrassed and go in search of a hole for my head.